Despite his age and miles on the clock, Mayweather remains unrivalled at welterweight. Keith Thurman, Kell Brook and Amir Khan are good fighters. Mayweather is better.
Mayweather is just too small to entertain ideas of a fight against Gennady Golovkin, the middleweight beast. Pity.
We marvel at his speed and defence, but Mayweather’s footwork is special too. Fred Astaire would have been proud.
The only obvious weakness in his arsenal is a lack of power. You have to go back eight fights for Mayweather’s last stoppage win, and even that was controversial. Brittle hands are partly to blame.
Mayweather claims the fight against Andre Berto was his last. This may be, but he’s skilled enough to survive at the top for another two or three years.
Mayweather is more than the best boxer of his generation. He’s the best matchmaker too. Teddy Brenner would have been proud.
Mayweather’s claim of being “TBE (The Best Ever)” is best taken with a dollop of salt. He’s probably top five among the welterweights, but a little behind Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Orlando Salido getting screwed on the undercard proves that judges the world over have bad nights. It’s not only South Africa’s jokers.
Love him or hate him, no-one does shtick like Mayweather.
